Tru Blood Beverage
The marketing department at HBO apparently decided that True Blood is popular enough and they need to branch out and start selling products. They started with the usual shirts, mugs and posters and eventually determined that the world needs an actual Tru Blood beverage.
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Pepsi Natural
Pepsi Natural is a new permanent addition to the PepsiCo line of drinks. It’s made of (only eleven!) “natural” ingredients and has sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup.
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Pepsi-Cola Throwback
Pepsi recently released Pepsi-Cola Throwback, a limited edition version of their signature flavor made with real sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). They also released a Throwback version of Mountain Dew, but that product could not be located for review. Apparently, these drinks were made with real sugar at some point in the past, but then the soda makers switched to HFCS.
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Mountain Dew Game Fuel
There were two new flavors (or is it colors?) of “Game Fuel” World of Warcraft-branded Mountain Dew (or is it Mtn Dew now?) in the convenient store the other day.
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M&M’s Premiums
M&M’s have been around since 1941. They’ve gone through a lot of changes since then. They were originally sold in tubes and once they started printing on the candies the “M” on them was black for the first four years. In 1976, the color orange replaced red, but in 1987 red was brought back. In 1995, there was a vote to add blue, pink or purple and blue won.
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Baskin Robbins Mint Chocolate Chip Soft Candy
When new products are involved I usually let my curiosity get the best of me. This is exactly what happened when I saw Baskin Robbins new Mint Chocolate Chip Soft Candy. Soft candy that tastes like ice cream?
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KFC Condiments
Businesses are designed to make money and sometimes, in order to increase profits, they feel like they have to cut corners or stretch their dollars. It seems like companies become more and more willing to do this as they increase in size and as far as size goes, they don’t get any bigger than Yum! Brands. (Yum!
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Bolthouse Farms Perfectly Protein Vanilla Chai Tea
There are a few different brands that produce highly perishable juices and fruit smoothie concoctions. I haven’t tried them all, but I’ve tried several different ones from each company. I want to share one of the flavors that I like, but first I’ll give a brief overview of the companies.
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